1. ما خَمَدَتْ ناري ولكنني

    ألقى قلوباً نارُها خامدَهْ

    My fire has not gone out, but I

    meet hearts whose fire is extinguished.

  2. قد حَدَثَتْ في دهرنا أنفُسٌ

    تسْتبردُ السُّخْنةَ لا الباردَهْ

    In our age, souls have arisen

    that deem warm things cold, but not cold things,

  3. كما تعافُ الطَّيِّبَ المشتهَى

    من الطعام المَعِدَةُ الفاسدَهْ

    just as the good and appetizing is shunned

    among foods, by a disordered stomach.

  4. وليس بالبارد ما استبردتْ

    لكنها الباردةُ الجامدَهْ

    What they have deemed cold is not cold;

    rather, they themselves are cold and inert.